😆 EU found the wallet again

The European Commission is preparing a several-hundred-million-euro fine against Google following an antitrust investigation.

It could become the largest penalty ever issued under the Digital Markets Act.

How Google got here:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/eu-google-record-fine-digital-markets-act

🤩 Even the Pope is worried now

Pope Leo XIV has presented his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, dedicated to artificial intelligence and its impact on humanity.

What exactly worries the Vatican about AI:

📌 https://durovscode.com/pope-leo-xiv-ai-regulation-encyclical

😂 Finally

Nvidia has officially ended → support for its Control Panel after 20 years.

Now all graphics settings and driver tools will live inside a single Nvidia App instead of two separate programs with interfaces from another era.

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😄 YouTube started checking itself

YouTube will now automatically add AI labels to videos → when its systems detect realistic AI-generated content.

Previously, creators had to disclose this manually.

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😾 Meta joined the subscription era

Meta has launched paid Plus subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp starting at $3 per month.

How Meta Plus works — and what users actually get for the money:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/meta-plus-subscriptions-launch

🤐 People are googling less Google

DuckDuckGo installs jumped → after Google rolled out its AI-heavy search update.

In the U.S., downloads of the privacy-focused search app grew by as much as 30% over the past week.

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🤔 Durov on freedom

Telegram founder Pavel Durov spoke at the Oslo Freedom Forum about censorship, mass surveillance, VPN bans, age verification, and what he sees as growing pressure on personal freedoms around the world.

Durov also explained why attempts to block platforms often fail and why forcing teenagers onto VPNs can have unintended consequences.

The key takeaways from his speech:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/pavel-durov-oslo-freedom-forum-speech

😏 Back to Gram

Pavel Durov has confirmed that TON's native cryptocurrency will be renamed from Toncoin back to Gram, its original name from the early days of the project.

What happens next:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/ton-toncoin-renamed-gram

🤐 Not very GoPro of them

GoPro, the company that helped popularize action cameras, has warned → that it may not be able to continue operating over the next year.

The company is now exploring strategic options, including attracting investors, a sale, or a merger.

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❤️ Love in the blockchain era

TON Dating is offering free Premium subscriptions to Toncoin holders as part of the token's transition to Gram.

How many "grams" you need to hold to unlock free dating:

📌 https://durovscode.com/ton-users-free-premium-ton-dating

🍏 Preparing for the fold

Apple is reportedly working on → a feature that will automatically adapt iPhone apps for larger displays.

The move is likely tied to the company's upcoming foldable iPhone.

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🛸 Meet Scout

Microsoft has launched Scout, an agentic AI assistant for Microsoft 365.

What makes it different — and how it works:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/microsoft-launches-scout-ai-agent-365

🤗 TikTok needs chips too

Qualcomm has signed a deal → to supply millions of AI chips to ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok.

The agreement makes ByteDance the first publicly named major customer for Qualcomm's AI data center chips.

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🦴 Your move, publishers

Google has introduced a new setting → that lets publishers decide whether their websites can appear in and be used by AI-powered Search features.

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